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Could SpaceX turn Starship into a space station?

Plus: TikTok is adding text posts 

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July 25, 2023

In Today’s Edition

  • Why Mastodon is becoming the go-to social media platform amid Twitter’s controversial decision

  • OYO Jumps On The Generative AI Bandwagon, Launches ChatGPT-Powered Self Check-In In UK

  • TikTok is adding text posts

  • Sam Altman launches eyeball-scanning Worldcoin to ‘drastically increase economic opportunity’

  • Apple is taking applications for Vision Pro developer kits

  • Transplant of fresh brain cells replaces diseased and aged ones

🚀Startups Nuts

Twitter alternative Mastodon is seeing a spike in its monthly active user numbers, with figures reaching 2.1 million thanks to the site's user-friendly tech developments and growing interest in decentralized social networks. Being an open-source platform has likely contributed to its recent growth, while users who were frustrated with Elon Musk's recent moves to reduce tweet visibility on Twitter may be looking towards alternatives such as Mastodon. Mastodon, which peaked in monthly active users last year between October to November, dropped to 1.7 million in recent times, demonstrating a fluctuation in its usage as a result of Twitter's business decisions. Alternatives to both platforms such as Bluesky, T2, Spill, and Post have also emerged.

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OYO said the ChatGPT-powered virtual front desk solution will reduce waiting time for partner hotel’s customers by offering a five-minute check-in experience. According to the unicorn, the self check-in tech is integrated with smart lock systems, which allows guests a keyless entry and exit. The self check-in solution’s launch follows OYO launching a new brand, Palette, for upscale resorts and hotels to target premium travellers.

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🏭Business Nuts

SpaceX and NASA are in the early stages of seeing whether Starship can be repurposed into a commercial space station. NASA has a keen interest in commercial space stations as there are no plans for a government-owned research lab in low-Earth orbit after the International Space Station is decommissioned. It previously passed over a bid by SpaceX for a funded space station development agreement due to several issues with its plans. NASA will not provide any funding for the new effort, but instead will provide technical expertise.

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TikTok users can now make text posts. Users can edit posts to change how the text appears and add background colors, music, or stickers. There is a 1,000-character limit. Users can engage with other users' posts in the same way they interact with other TikTok content.

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📱Tech Nuts

Worldcoin has started rolling out its services worldwide. The startup aims to build a reliable solution for telling humans from AI apart online to enable global democratic processes and drastically increase economic opportunity. Anyone wanting to receive a World ID will need to download World App and access one of Worldcoin's Orb eyeball-scanning verification devices. Worldcoin was previously onboarding individuals in countries like India by giving them 25 Worldcoin tokens to verify their World IDs at an Orb.

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Developers can now apply to get a Vision Pro headset on Apple's website. Apple's Vision Pro developer kits include help setting up the device, code-level support requests, and check-ins with Apple experts. Developers creating apps that take advantage of visionOS features and capabilities will be prioritized on the waitlist. Unauthorized persons, including household members, are not allowed to access, view, or handle the development kit. Apple has released a compatibility checklist on its website to help developers ensure that their apps are ready for visionOS.

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🎁Miscellaneous

Researchers who transplanted cells capable of forming specialized brain support cells into mice brains found that the cells competed with and replaced unhealthy and aged cells. The study’s findings opens the door to the development of an effective treatment for a range of diseases affecting the brain. The researchers plan to conduct clinical trials to test the effectiveness of the technique in Huntington’s disease, primary progressive multiple sclerosis, and Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease. They aim to restore aspects of normal function in these degenerative diseases by replacing diseased and aged cells.

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💡What else are we reading and seeing?

  • I have a big story about AI and the human future drawn from conversations with Sam Altman and others

  • The rise of makers

  • The Fall of Stack Overflow

  • The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives

  • What Vitalik Buterin thinks of biometric proof of personhood

  • Publishers want billions, not millions, from AI

  • How inflation and layoffs are threatening workers’ vacation time

  • Banks are going on a diet

  • AI hype is driven by marketing right now

😎Fun Fact

Coca-Cola was originally green in color when it was first created.

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